Email Author Eva Yaa Asantewaa

2005 Stories by Eva Yaa Asantewaa

• Innocent Dance-Goers Giggle, Shriek, Cry for Their Teddy Bears!

  published November 8, 2005

  We ascend to heaven—Rebecca Davis's The birds are here. I hear them.—in the Chocolate Factory's upper room where origami party... More >>

• Fusion Troupe From Brazil Takes Brooklyn by Storm

  published November 1, 2005

  Grupo Corpo's women move with uncommon suppleness and don't-give-a-damn sass; the men radiate a rootedness that inspires feelings of security.... More >>

• Dance

  published September 27, 2005

  The Barbarians are at the gate, ready to take out the trash. Their show can't begin until they clear WOW's floor of SlimFast cans, diet soda... More >>

• Giving Voice to the Voiceless in Time of Crisis

  published September 27, 2005

  Witnessing the intimate Hillman Attic showing of Makeda Thomas's A Sense of Place—developed in residence with Mozambique's Companhia... More >>

• The Student Was Ready; the Teacher—a Whale—Appeared

  published September 27, 2005

  Martita Goshen, interviewed for Disney's Animal Kingdom magazine, described herself in childhood as "solemn and pensive." She might... More >>

• Nothing New Under Sun: What Goes Up Comes Down

  published September 20, 2005

  The dancers in Icarus invariably served with distinction, even when comporting themselves like weird, humble little critters only an... More >>

• Dance

  published September 6, 2005

  Five by five in five: That's the formula for Joanna Haigood's "Breaking Ground," an ingenious new series produced by Dancing in the Streets. The... More >>

• Dance

  published August 30, 2005

  When Bill T. Jones showed a working version of Blind Date at Aaron Davis Hall in June, he said he wanted to find "courage to start... More >>

• Angels at Work

  published August 16, 2005

  Choreographer Jeremy Laverdure took a 20-minute peek at a cool, unearthly realm in All the Faithfully Departed, performed by his "dance... More >>

• Dance

  published August 16, 2005

  What happens when two miserable working stiffs plug into the rockin' soundtrack of their interior lives? In the case of Rock Out—an... More >>

• Fanciful Bedroom, Troubled Living Room

  published August 9, 2005

  Dance always plays a part, more or less, at the American Living Room, Here's annual summer fest. Director Niegel Smith and choreographer Sarah... More >>

• The Quirky Love Song of Andrew J. Nemr Has Rhythm

  published August 2, 2005

  Andrew J. Nemr and his CPD PLUS ensemble stepped out boldly in All for Love. Ya gotta root for tappers brave enough to go toe-to-toe with... More >>

• Too Much of a Good Thing Is Too Much, Too Fast, Too Long

  published July 26, 2005

  Isabel Gotzkowsky’s retrospective—including the new th(RE)a(D), where she’s connected to Jon Zimmerman by a yard of cloth... More >>

• Artichokes Get to the Heart of the Matter and Tumble 4 ya

  published July 26, 2005

  Acrobatic dance popped up everywhere this season, in major productions by Momix, Pilobolus, and Montreal’s delicious Cirque Éloize as... More >>

• Hot Topic for the Queer and Questioning: What's Dance?

  published July 12, 2005

  At Dixon Place's queer performance fest (schedule details at dixonplace.org), Curator Isabel Lewis suggested her works-in-progress evening would... More >>

• Bemused, Amused Tourists Gawk as Bathing Beauties Make a Splash

  published July 5, 2005

  This summer, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's SiteLines project has been tucking dance into many oddball downtown pockets. In Monica Bill... More >>

• Too much of a good thing is absolutely exhausting

  published June 28, 2005

  Tenebrae, Christopher Caines’s ceremonial tribute to Renaissance composer Thomas Tallis, filled St. Mark’s spare sanctuary with... More >>

• For dancers hard at work, Dixon Place is tight space

  published June 28, 2005

  When Dixon Place moves to roomier digs, we’ll miss the fun of sharing the floor with dancers, close enough to have to tuck our feet out of... More >>

• Superb quartet of Uchizono dancers looks pretty good in pink

  published June 21, 2005

  For Approaching Green Donna Uchizono stationed official huggers inside the St. Mark's sanctuary door to embrace each audience member.... More >>

• Fair-Weather Friends Explore the Sunny Side of Modern Dance

  published June 14, 2005

  Eva Silverstein's troupe dances like a community of friends and lovers who never let a gray cloud keep them down for long. Their action-packed... More >>

• Poetry and Photography Figure in Dances by Asian Choreographers

  published June 7, 2005

  "Ear to the Ground"—Mulberry Street Theater's commissioning series—recently featured world premieres by David Liu and Kun-Yang Lin. ... More >>

• New and Traditional Styles Meld in Poetic Choreography

  published May 31, 2005

  There's an ambitious sweep, a large vision, to Nai-Ni Chen's stagecraft. That tradition continues with Landscape Over Zero—its title... More >>

• Sounds Like a Stodgy Corporation, Dances Like a Dream

  published May 24, 2005

  What if Hockman, Hogan & Howard really were a law firm, not three mature dance veterans sharing a show? Laurie Hockman and Katherine Howard would... More >>

• Tough broad: Barrio

  published May 10, 2005

  Folks rising in ovation at the edge of Theater 80's low-riding, tiny stage could well pitch forward and plant big ones on their favorite... More >>

• Social Dances Straight and Silly Set the Tone at Spring Showcase

  published May 3, 2005

  DANCEOFF!—the ingenious fun fest curated by Terry Dean Bartlett and Katie Workum—was, once again, a smash. Carolina Orlovsky and Felipe... More >>